Vitamins prevent sepsis mortality

Sepsis is caused by an aggressive, out-of-control immune response to an infection in the bloodstream. Each year, an estimated 1 million Americans get sepsis and up to half of them die

Giving patients IV vitamin C with hydrocortisone and thiamine (vitamin B1) for two days reduced mortality nearly five-fold, from 40% to 8.5%

Lab testing shows that while neither vitamin C or hydrocortisone alone can prevent cell death following exposure to toxins produced by bacteria, when given in combination, the concoction does protect the cells 

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